Why does Farage (head of a limited company with 5 MPs - one of whom has also been Labour and Tory) Get so much more air time than the Lib Dems (72 MPs)? In fact, even Tice gets more airtime - ThreadSky

mancunianmedic.bsky.social • 174 days ago

Why does Farage (head of a limited company with 5 MPs - one of whom has also been Labour and Tory)

Get so much more air time than the Lib Dems (72 MPs)?

In fact, even Tice gets more airtime

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shoveller.bsky.social•174 days ago

I asked the BBC complaints dept. - they said their platforming of the pimple on the boil on the arse of humanity was 'balanced' He's been on ?time more than any other MP and more than the Greens and LibDems combined. Unquestionably they have an agenda and (F)Garbage is it.

mancunianmedic.bsky.social•174 days ago

if we look at the sheer number of talking heads they have on from right wing think tanks or publications or broadcasters and from Reform UK vs those from more centre/centre left think tanks/publications/columnists, minority parties - there is no balance at all

shoveller.bsky.social•174 days ago

absolutely - and the blasé replies you get when you challenge them on this right-wing bias is almost as infuriating as the bias itself. They know they are doing it and they don't give a rat's corpse.

lfmc6.bsky.social•174 days ago

Westminster bubble media making the political weather as always. I suppose because Farage Tice etc are so obnoxious and inflammatory and it gets re-tweets, sells ads (if not so many papers these days). But the MO is wrong and deeply unfortunate, and is poisoning the well.

drdavidnicholl.bsky.social•174 days ago

Indeed

daveacoley.bsky.social•174 days ago

I've just asked the BBC that very question.
I suspect it's time to add iplayer to X, Threads and Insta.

mancunianmedic.bsky.social•174 days ago

there is more to the BBC than their politics coverage though and still a great deal of content i really enjoy and value - much of it classier than any alternative

daveacoley.bsky.social•174 days ago

I'm going to really miss the other brilliant content. I can't continue to fund an organisation so at odds with its duty of impartiality.

mancunianmedic.bsky.social•174 days ago

i am not so principled

Even without the TV - Radio 5 and Radio 4 are really important to me

Similarly, while i hate Murdoch, Sky Sports and Sky TV have enriched my life and Times Radio is a good listen

arj2024.bsky.social•174 days ago

Because he has charisma and attracts attention? The others are as exciting as wet cardboard.

Sadly in our attention economy media companies need these extreme characters to attract more eyeballs to their advertising.

mancunianmedic.bsky.social•174 days ago

Boris has charisma but he was utterly unsuited to being PM
Attlee had little of it and did a great job
It is not showbiz

arj2024.bsky.social•174 days ago

Well, this is 2025. The next election is going to be fought with social media video clips. Let’s see how that works out, particularly if Musk tweaks the X algo to favour Farage.

mancunianmedic.bsky.social•174 days ago

Musk has fallen out with Farage though
I blame the voters as much as i blame the news media

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